Archive : General

Much like its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy Note II has sold well. The 5.6″ phablet sold 3 million strong worldwide since its debut one month ago. That’s a lot of devices, but just for comparison though, the iPhone 5 sold 5 million on its opening weekend. Don’t fret though, Samsung...

  Google is reportedly set to be sued by the Federal Trade Commission for trying to block competitors’ access to key smartphone-technology patents in violation of antitrust law. This isn’t Google’s first run-in with the FTC though, in June of 2011,  accusations of Google abusing...

Veho M4 Portable Rechargeable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker with Track Control and Built-in MP3 Player I just opened my email and saw this little beauty so I thought I  would pass it on in hopes that some of you might be able to enjoy it as well.  This little gem is priced at a smooth $19.99, not even...

Amazon Puts iMini to Shame On the front page Apple has used the Android world as their whipping boy and inspiration for many many moons.  Manufacturers are really starting to take offense to it and this rage is starting to show.  Amazon, on their front page has put up an ad for the newest Kindle Fire...

It is hard to imagine life without having your companion smartphone in your hands, or pocket. It is also hard to imagine life before the smartphone craze came about. We actually used LAN lines? Big huge folded maps? NO FRUIT NINJA?!?! We lived like cavemen before we all started getting these devices....

GMMP Now Available for x86 Intel Architecture I know, I know, some of you are looking at the title and seeing x86 and wondering…when did Android become a 32 bit program.  Well…it didn’t.  Intel has been dabbling in chip sets for devices for a while now.  Their first couple were...

Thanks for Your Service, You Have 2 Hours To Get Out… This was the message that 5% of Zynga, the online gaming outfit based in San Francisco gave to some of their employees today during the iSheep announcement ceremony.  On October 4, yes not that long ago, CEO Mark Pincus in a blog post said...

Most people aren’t like me. While they love their phone, they don’t have this obsessive control issue where it’s the Armageddon when it isn’t within a palm’s length distance. And yes, you read palm’s length correctly. I believe I have what’s akin to a panic attack when I can’t...

Welcome one and all to a review of the JusTun Bean GApps Aroma Installer App.  Yes, I did say aroma installer.  This gentleman and his partner TUN_SD (The Themer) have put together a great app that allows you to dictate what you want installed, if you want inverted or standard GApps installed, and...

    Much like Apple, Microsoft (MS) has been litigation happy against Android regarding patents since its inception. Unlike Apple though, MS has been a little more civil about it and sees patent cases as an opportunity to profit from Android’s success rather than an attempt to crush...

While the huge $1 billion Samsung vs Apple case took the spotlight, most of us might have forgotten the sales ban of the Galaxy Nexus. The U.S. Court of Appeals lifted the ban 74 days after it was put into effect by Judge Lucy Koh. Since the lifting, Samsung has been vocal, releasing this statement...

Google Makes a Wise Purchase Google has been known for coming out with some great and well talked about features, many are copied by the iOS fan club and then claimed as their own, but not the facial recognition Google has been working on. Google wowed the world with their Face Unlock that debuted with...

Motorola, We Have Spoken (Again), Update Our Devices!! Long have Motorola Users hoped and wished for unlocked bootloaders, timely updates, and freedom within the devices we pay for outright.  Yes some get their devices subsidized and some buy them outright, in any event, the devices are purchased...

Google didn’t develop all of its products it offers on its own. Oftentimes they’ve bought companies or services, changed and/or re-branded them and made them a part of its snowballing empire of awesomeness. Just to see for yourself, go to Google’s What do you love? page. Type anything,...

Longtime Android advocate, teacher, and video guru Tim Schofield aka QBKing77 will be launching a site of his very own: QBKing77.com. It goes live Saturday, September 29 at 1:00pm CDT. As I write this, QB’s YouTube Channel is approaching 8 million views, 24K subscribers, and has 828 videos. Additionally,...